Your collection dollars at work.

There's an important second collection coming up this weekend at Holy Mass. Of course, to listen to the breathless propaganda from the USCCB, every second collection is important. Anyhoo, Diogenes has the inside scoop.

Bah. I've been suspicious of these second collections for years. After the local bish gets his cut and the aparatchiks at the USCCB funnel their take to their favorite bureaucratic, black ops slush fund, how much makes it to these charities anyway? I'd say precious little, and what does get to its intended recipient is used mainly, it seems, to fund goof ball Utopian schemes dreamt up by aging wacked-out hippies. That's why I refuse to put one red cent into the second collection basket. I even say no to Peter's Pence. Really, if you want the Pope to get money, just mail it directly to the Vatican. Make your check payable to "Benedict XVI." Trust me, it'll get cashed. Just don't expect a thank you note. But your reward in heaven shall be great.

Deception

I'm not a TV watcher, but today I happened to see an ad for birth control that I consider very deceptive. It's a product called Yaz, and they target young girls by telling them their product will help with moodiness, fatigue, bloating and acne. What young girl wouldn't be swayed by such claims? The message the advertisers portray is that the benefits of this pill go above and beyond its real purpose of acting as an abortificent, and they push it for its other properties that will make the teenage girl more inclined to try it.

There is an instant poll on their website that asks if a girl would take birth control to help with acne, and the results are overwhelmingly in favour of it.

Instant Poll Result

Would you consider taking birth control pills to help treat acne, if you were also seeking contraception?

	89% said: Yes
	3% said: No
	6% said: Maybe

When you view their web page, you see young, healthy, happy teenage girls, with no acne or depression, promoting the product to their peers. But it is all a deception of satan. It is one of the most deceiving ads I have ever seen.